Born of Mexican-American descent, the Mayan calendar became a childhood
passion for Jose Arguelles in the 1950s during the decade in which astronomers
began to realize that Native Americans practiced a sophisticated astronomy.
After more than 30 years of research, he is known by many as one of the world's
foremost authorities of the Mayan calendar. The overwhelming evidence of Mayan
prophecy in the last decade of the millennia supports the accuracy of the
calendar and the Arguelles' interpretation of the Dreamspell and Time Shift of
July 26, 1992. After perceiving the final sequencing of the Mayan calendar in
1987, the Time Shift in 1992 was an adjustment of the annual calendar's be
ginning to July 26, so that the Dreamspell New Year falls on that date each
year.

Since the codices of the Maya were destroyed in the European Conquest, the
tables of dates and interpretations of codes were mostly destroyed. The few
surviving codices are still "owned" by European museums and removed from the
Maya, who have the cultural framework for interpreting them. During the 500
years since the Conquest, various Mayan tribes have adopted various new- year
dates and interpretations. In 1992, the University of Guatemala identified the
July 26 date based on an eclipse of July 11, 1991 and the Dresden Codex. The
Arguelles' interpreted that date as the new beginning of the solar year. The
month of July has heralded major earth changes and astronomical events since
1992. The most devastating storm season in history started with Hurricane Andrew
immediately after the Time Shift in 1992.

The flooding of the American Midwest broke all records in July, 1993. In July
1994, the Comet Shoemaker -Levy collided with Jupiter. In July, 1995, the Comet
Hale-Bopp became visible near Jupiter on amateur telescopes.

Photographs of this comet reveal a spiral formation at times and a square in
the comet at other times. Reports of this comet were rumored as far back as 1985
from military sources, that it came close enough to be seen by amateurs in July
may be a measure of a larger timing cycle. The sheer weight of physical evidence
leans heavily towards the accuracy of Jose and Lloydine's July 26, 1992 date as
the point when a new sequencing of planetary time and, therefore events,
accelerated.

Equating an end-date for the Mayan calendar round with a date in the
European-based Gregorian system has been a heartbreaker for astronomers. Since
the European and Native American systems are so different, the only truly
accurate method of synchronizing the two was to identify a significant
astronomical event, such as an eclipse, recorded on both calendars. This has
been impossible due to differences in locations and calendars until July 11,
1991. "In 755 A.D. Maya Priests prophesied the total solar eclipse of July 11,
1991 would herald two life altering events for humankind: Cosmic Awareness and
Earth Changes. Shortly after 1:00 P.M., on July 11th, the prophecy began
unfolding.

The wave of UFO activity continued in the skies over Mexico and, due to the
video camcorder, became the most documented mass sighting ever.

For months, a team of international investigators from the U.S., Mexico, and
Japan followed the trail of the UFO sightings through the volcano zone to Mount
Popocateptl, the fourth largest volcano in the world... Once dormant... Now
awakening...' (Messengers of Destiny Video, Genesis Ill).

Based on the July, 1991 eclipse, Jose & Lloydine identified the July 26,
1992, Time Shift. Using a day-by-day count, Euro-American astronomers could
finally synchronize their calendars with the Maya Priests. The visitors from the
sky that Jose called the Galactic Maya in 'The Mayan Factor', had made good on
their promise to return on that date and evidenced the reality of galactic
culture that Jose prophesied in his 1988 letter to the World Community after
Harmonic Convergence.

December 2012 is the end-date projected by Jose & Lloydine for the Mayan
calendar. With many astronomers and scientists now paying attention to the Mayan
calendar, much debate has brewed over its end-date; this deserves some
explanation.

Without diverting to the many internal flaws and confusions of the European
Gregorian calendar, neither of these issues are relevant to the Mayan calendar,
seventeen solar years on the Mayan cal-endar is seventeen solar years, no matter
what name is given the year in the Gregorian calendar.

No matter what the number of the year on the Gregorian calendar may be, a
day-by-day count references real astronomical events in solar days, bypassing
the problem of year names in the Gregorian system. The only true point for
correlating the two calendars is an astronomical event, which was identified by
the July 11, 1991 eclipse.